Coin-controlled apparatus.



No. 888,600. PATENTED MAY 26, 1908'.

, M. ELZAS. 00m CONTROLLED APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.13, 1907.

PATENT onerou- MARTIN- ELZAS, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

GOIN-QONTROLLED APPARATUS.

- 1 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that MARTIN ELZAS, a citizen of the United States, residin at Los Angeles,

in the county of Los Ange s and State of, California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in (loineControlled Apperspective view. of theoperating .ployed in said mechanism. :1

paratus, of which the following is a specifica- .tion.

My invention relates'to a coin controlled machine, which may be used either: as a game apparatus, or as a vending apparatus,

being adapted to .be controlled by a coin, as

above stated, ora'similar token.

I have shown my improved machine'as a gamea paratus andmy object is to provide 'a simp e and cheap construction which shall be positive in its operation and freeifrom' tampering, and which will operate only when the proper token is used, and the push'rod actuated. -My -invention resides further the construction-,- arrangement and operation hereinafterdescribed with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which A Figure. 1 a vertical, longitudinal-section throughthe casing of the machine, showingthe mechanismin elevation, and Fig. 2 is a levers eni- Referring to the figures, the "casing. 1 is provided with'a cover 2 and a'removable'f-ront plate 3. A dome-shaped casing 4, preferably 3 constructedof glass, is rovidedw'ith alower circumferential flange y which the sameis locked position upon the cover 2' by the clamps 5. I preferablyline the interior of said casing I and at-the base thereof with a rubber or other cushioninglayer and I also arrange a ring of similar material upon the 11 per face of the flange in order to protect t esame when the clamps '5 are in position.

Mounted centrally t rough the cover 2 and vertically movable within the casings 1 mark the odds at-which the horse wins.

odds to and 4 I arrange a stem 6 havin .a circular late 7 fixed to the upper end t ereof, and ocated within, the glass, casing 4. On the plate 7 I-arrange a series of blocks closely re semblingdice,

. which form the game portion of this machine. series of lettersA, B, etc., representing horses in a race, and ontwo of the other blocks I n theremaining block I mark the word -Trade. Thus it Will be seen that should. a person play a certain horse at the prevailing Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed s in is, 1907. Serial No. 368,068.

' chute 8, and into which the coin is ada On one of the dic'e'I mark a.

Patented May 2c, 1908.

sponding to idea. On the other hand however, should the blocksnot fall to enable him to win, the

course, show, and it is the value of the inserted token intrade.

the casing 4 will now be described.

Arranged 'throu 1 and extending c ownwardly therein at the opposite end to the casing 4 is a coin chute 8,

larg'ed portion 11 at one end thereof. vided'with a slot or opening 12 adjacent pro- the ted to be pro'ectedfrom said chute and p from (lispi verse strips 13 s also by means 0 the lower portion of the chute 8 and proj ecting downwardly in proximity to, the opening 12] A ush rod 15 is vertically movably v-ided inside of the casing with an integral plate 16 mounted in girders 17 and slidable therein, said. plate and said push rod being normally held u wardb a coil spring-:18 attached to said plate an to the cover.2, and said plate 16 being rovided with a concavely cutaway loweren adapted when the late is depressed to fit about coin within the slot 12.

spring 19 attached thereto and to the casing ment of this of spring 19 Swingingl is a trigger held normally against the bearin on the upper face thereof.

On tie actuation of the ushrodlnto-de press the coin-holding en endof said lever carrying the trigger 21 will 23 of alever-24 'ivotal mounted at'25 to the casing 1. The ever 24 as an elongatedham-- mer end 26, on which the lower. end. of; the

finish first, second or third and the v stem 6 normally rests, and said lever is drawn blocks fall with the marks uppermost icorre his bet, .the person will 111, and receive a suitable reward according to my Themechanical means forming a part of.- this invention for agitating the blocks within the end 0 the lever 10 adjacent to ,spring-19 block 21 having one-face thereof. I end of lever'10 by a leaf spring 22 mounted on said lever 10"and Y of; lever .10, the-' .bethrust upward,-trigger 2'1.strik1ngthe nose 191d acement by means of the transacin-g the opening 12- and; the spring 14 attached to mounte through the cover 2, and is prothe contour o the." The lever 10 is nor-' mally held in a horizontal positionby a wil 1 beyond the pivot 9,-the downward move.-

end of the lever under pressure being regulated by -a stop 20. mounted in ears extending from I to its normal horizontal posit ion alter actuation by the trigger 21 by means ol' a coil spring 27 connected thereto and to the casing 1. Upon the release of the pressure on the push rod 15, after the coin within the slot 12 has beeivthrust therefrom into the coin rot-eptacle 28, the trigger 21 will be returnr-id, slid ing past the nose 23 by virtue of its 1ii=|\'ztl l(' mountlng, to its normal position by means or the spring 19. The spring 27 \villthereupon draw the nose end .23 of the lever 24 down ward, thrusting the hammer end 26 upwardly to strike the stem 6 and thereby violently agitating the marked blocks within the glass .casing 4. A guide bracket 29 is fixed about the stem 6 to the casing 1 to prevent said stem Wabbling when struck by the hammer 5 26. A suitable push button or knob 30 is V also provided on the upper end'of the push j rod 15 for the reception of the end of the fin l ger usually used to depress said rod.

Having fully described my invention I claim:

1. In a device ofthe character described, the combination of a coin chute, supporting means for the'marked blocks, a pivoted lever arranged beneath said supporting means, a second lever arranged to sw ng sald first named lever away from said supporting means, andhaving a swinging block mounted thereon to allow said levers to pass on return mg to the normal posltlon a ter actuation,

means for the marked blocks, a pivoted lever arranged beneath said sup orting means and provided with a rearwardl a second pivoted lever arranged to swin said first named lever, having a swinging lock pivoted upon its forward end to engage said nose upon one stroke and to pass the same on its return to the normal posltion, s rings for returning said levers to actuate sai supportingmeans, said second lever having an openthe coin from said chute, and a vertically dewithin said opening ant to strike said coin to remove the same and actuate said levers, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of-two witnesses.

MARTIN ELZAS.

\Vitnesses:

NATHAN P. BUNDY, R. A. Cotuxs.

y projecting nose,

ing formed in its rear end for the reception of pressible member ada ted to be projected 

